Red meat and processed meat

Sugar sweetened soft drinks

Consumption of soft drinks has reduced in children aged 4-10 between 2008 and 2014.

Saturated fatty acids

Intake of saturated fatty acids continues to exceed recommended amounts for all age groups.

Non-milk extrinsic sugars

Children aged 4 - 10 are consuming less non-milk extrinsic sugars than they were, but the intake for this age group is still above recommendation, as it is for all age groups apart from women aged 65 and over.

Non-starch polysaccharides

Intake of NDPs was below the recommendation for all adults.

Vitamins and minerals

11 - 18 year olds are not getting the recommended amount of Vitamin A and iron. Around a fifth of adults aged 19 - 64 had low blood levels of Vitamin D.

Iodine

All age and sex groups met WHO criteria for adequate intake of Iodine.

Methods

Around 1,600 people a year are involved in the study. Adults and children aged 18 months and above are recruited from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

We ask participants to:

answer some general questions about eating habits, health and lifestyle;

keep a food and drink diary;

fill out a physical activity questionnaire;

give urine and blood samples; and

allow us to take physical measurements such as waist and hip circumference, height, weight, and blood pressure.